Josh Faulkner made his final moments in the Fitchburg Street Hockey League legendary, scoring in overtime to lift the KCMC Dunkin' Donuts Rangers to a Cadet Division spring championship sweep of the Northeast Climate Senators.

FSHL playoffs

The Rangers won Game 2 of the best-of-three series, 4-3, in overtime on Saturday, June 15, to seal the title.

Ryan Spencer scored early for Dunkin' Donuts in the first period on an assist from Kyle Bourgault, only to have Northeast take a 2-1 lead after the first on an unassisted goal from Kong Xiong, who also assisted on the go-ahead goal by Christopher Jollimore 13 seconds later. The intensity was turned up a notch in the second period as Rangers goalie Derek MacMaster and Senators goalie Liam Pawlak held the opposition scoreless despite a couple of penalties during the frame.

Spencer tied the game at 2-2 at 6:53 in the third with an unassisted tally. Northeast then took a 3-2 lead on a Benjamin Williams goal (Noah Lawrence and Brett Bousquet assists) with 3:58 left in the period. The Rangers pulled their goalie with 58 seconds to go and, with a 6-5 man advantage, tied the game at three goals apiece on a Faulkner goal assisted by Alex Landry with only 16 seconds on the clock to force the series' second straight overtime contest. It was déjà vu for the Rangers, as Landry had assisted a Faulkner goal in Game 1 to force the extra session.

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Faulkner, playing in his last FSHL game because of age restrictions, left his mark, scoring on a Spencer assist goal early in the overtime period to seal the championship for the Rangers. Northeast finishes its well-played season at 10-4, while KCMC Dunkin' Donuts finishes 9-3-2 and earns its second title in four seasons since the Cadet Division returned to FSHL in the fall of 2011.

After handing the Bulldogs their first loss of the season in Game 1 of the best-of-three championship series, CJD Construction looked to be in a good position to steal the title away from the top-seeded Alleva Excavating in Game 3 when it took a 2-0 lead in the second period on a pair of goals by Zach Badagliacca (one assisted by Troy Brassard). Badagliacca would finish with eight goals and one assist to lead all scorers in the Beaver finals.

The Bulldogs bounced back, however, with two goals in the second, tying the game at 2-2. The first tally came from defenseman Ben Shaw, whose shot from the red line went over the blocker-side shoulder of goalie Nikolaos Batallas. Tylor Goodridge, the only multiple-goal scorer for the Bulldogs with two in the series, scored unassisted to tie it, before potting the winning tally in the third period on an assist from Jordan Cosme.

The Kings finish their season at 8-5-3, while the Bulldogs finish 12-1-2 and claim the title of Beaver Division champions. Despite the loss, it was a tremendous turnaround season for the Bulldogs, who last season finished with an overall record of 1-8-1.

Wednesday, June 19

Alleva Excavating Bulldogs 3

CJD Construction Kings 2

The Kings took the lead late in the first on a Zach Badagliacca goal assisted by Collin Emery. Nikolaos Batallas looked to shut out the Bulldogs in the first, but Brendan Daly scored off a Jake LaVigueur assist with 6.2 seconds left.

Alleva took its first lead at 8:47 on an Eden Koljian goal, but the Kings answered back 43 seconds later on another Badagliacca goal, which tied the game and eventually forced overtime. Both teams played well, but the difference was a LaVigueur goal (Daly and Tylor Goodrige assists) at 6:52 in the extra session to even the series at one game apiece.

Monday, June 17

CJD Construction Kings 8

Alleva Excavating Bulldogs 0

Second-seeded CJD Construction rode its momentum from their previous series to hand the top-seeded Bulldogs a blowout loss -- their first defeat of the season -- in Game 1 of the Beaver Division finals.

The Kings held a big lead after one period on two goals from Zachary Badagliacca (sister Mollie assisted on the first, teammate Tiana Batallas on the second), an unassisted goal from Collin Emery, and a tally from Noah Ngah assisted by Zachary Badagliacca. In the second period, CJD increased its lead to five on a goal from Zachary Badagliacca to complete his hat trick, and a goal from John Jenks Jr. assisted by Sebastian Tilton and Troy Brassard. Mollie Badagliacca got a goal of her own in the third, while her brother put in his fourth of the game.

Kings goalie Nikolaos earned the shutout in net.

Saturday, June 15

CJD Construction Kings 7

Play It Again Sports Islanders 2

CJD Construction rallied from an opening-game loss in the semifinal series to win back-to-back games and earn a berth in the finals.

The Kings got out to an early lead, outscoring the Islanders 2-1 after the first period on goals from Troy Brassard and Zachary Badagliacca (Tiana Batallas assist) off an offensive-zone faceoff.

Adam Starr scored (Domenic Valera assist) in the first for No. 3 Play It Again. Starr tied the game at 2-2 in the second, but the Kings opened up the scoring, putting up the go-ahead goal in the second by Badagliacca, then adding three more in the third (one by Brassard and two more for Badagliacca, who finished the game with four goals). John Jenks Jr. and Mollie Badagliacca each earned an assist in the third.

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